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Old 06-25-2023, 11:25 AM   #769
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With this being loaded compressively I Don’t think there is acutal stress on the glue in either sheer or tension but I am speculating here. So I don’t think the glue is a terrible problem. The issue here is Carbon fiber at the thicknesses they had could not be inspected for delimitation and cracking.

What do you see as terrible?
Differential rate of compression between the end caps and CF tube means the epoxy has to compensate. No way it can under 5000 PSI, not for repeated cycles.
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